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6

Biochemistry

Investigating Correlation of Biomarkers in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Speakers

Naomi Goldsmith

01:50 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Brian Cohen

Investigating The Role of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated With Cortisol Activity in Metabolic Syndrome and Post-Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss Success

Speakers

Maya Jones Sophie Matsoukas

02:10 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Brian Cohen

Investigating the binding properties of copper-based chemotherapeutics to ribonucleic acids

Speakers

Alexander Erickson

02:30 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Colleen Connelly

Investigating the Biological Activity and Anticancer Properties of a Set of Copper(II) Complexes Containing Ethylenediamine Backbones

Speakers

Paige Tromblee

02:50 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Laurie Tyler Colleen Connelly

Characterization of Schizophyllum commune Metacaspase Autoproteolysis and Cleavage Sites Using LC-MS

Speakers

Jake Karp

03:10 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biochemistry

Faculty Sponsors

Kristin Fox

Biology I

Eyes, Antennae, and Appendages: Defining the dimensions of the mantis shrimp "strike zone"

Speakers

Quincy Brown

01:50 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biology I

Faculty Sponsors

3(D) Strikes You're Out! - Investigating the Mantis Shrimp "Strike Zone"

Speakers

Katherine-Jane Seymour

02:10 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biology I

Faculty Sponsors

Regulation of Metabolic Rate during Preceding Arousal Periods May Play a Part in the Variation, in Length, of Metabolic Depressions During Insect Dormancy

Speakers

Dubem Okafor

02:30 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biology I

Faculty Sponsors

Biomedical Engineering

Impact of Stimulation Parameters and 3D Hydrogel Degradability on the Immunomodulatory Function of Encapsulated Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

Speakers

Aaron Carretero Benites Katherine Robinson

01:50 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biomedical Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

Analysis of Potential Fusion Proteins for Outer Membrane Vesicle-Based Lyme Disease Vaccine

Speakers

Cagla Numanoglu Elizabeth Bias

02:10 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biomedical Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

Stephanie Curley

Women's Health With Care: An Atraumatic Tenaculum for IUD Insertion

Speakers

Caroline Kelly Sarah Muoio Elizabeth Owens

02:30 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biomedical Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

Sagan Leggett Jennifer Currey

Outer Surface Protein C (OspC) and RevA as antigen candidates for outer membrane vesicles - based vaccine against Lyme Disease

Speakers

David Krimer

02:50 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Biomedical Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

Stephanie Curley

Computer Engineering

Autonomous Aircraft Navigation Control System with Machine Learning-Based Landing Target Detection

Speakers

Michael York Michael Kahn

01:50 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Computer Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

IMU Strength Exercise Tracking System

Speakers

Ashley Pontillo

02:10 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Computer Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

Shane Cotter

Battery Management System for the TurtleBot 3

Speakers

Ethan Bechtel

02:30 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Computer Engineering

Faculty Sponsors

James Silva

Economics II

Forecasting Inflation in the United States Using Machine Learning: A Disaggregated Approach by State

Speakers

Aavasna Rupakheti

01:50 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Economics II

Faculty Sponsors

Arbitrage in the Crypto-currency market

Speakers

Kurtik Appadoo

02:10 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Economics II

Faculty Sponsors

The impact of Cyber Security Breaches on Corporate Bond Ratings

Speakers

Andrew Lavin

02:30 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Economics II

Faculty Sponsors

Exploiting Downside Volatility: A Trading Strategy for Capturing Excess Returns from Intraday Price Reversals

Speakers

Trevor Smick

02:50 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Economics II

Faculty Sponsors

Kaywana Raeburn

Neoliberalism And The Rise Of The Asset Economy

Speakers

Jack Varner

03:10 PM

Session: 6

Topic: Economics II

Faculty Sponsors

Prateek Arora Cigdem Cidam

7

Biology II

The Role of Stereopsis in Prey Capture: Binocular Depth Perception in Green Anoles (Anolis carolinensis)

Speakers

Samia Juarez-Castro

03:40 PM

Session: 7

Topic: Biology II

Faculty Sponsors

Visual Ecology of Prey Capture in Bearded Dragons

Speakers

Nicholas Wright

04:00 PM

Session: 7

Topic: Biology II

Faculty Sponsors

Kinetics of mitochondrial membrane potential and caspase activation in a reversible model of apoptosis in cultured mammalian T lymphocytes

Speakers

Sundee Kroyer

04:20 PM

Session: 7

Topic: Biology II

Faculty Sponsors

Assessing the Impact of Secondary Sexual Traits on Sexual Selection in Drosophila

Speakers

Katharine Bennett

04:40 PM

Session: 7

Topic: Biology II

Faculty Sponsors

Roman Yukilevich

Investigating the Kinetics of Anastasis in HT2 Cells Following Camptothecin-Induced Apoptosis

Speakers

Sinthia Xhabej

05:00 PM

Session: 7

Topic: Biology II

Faculty Sponsors

Economics III

The Impact of the Reverse of Roe v. Wade on Physical, General, and Mental Health for Women across the US

Speakers

Dina Saef

03:40 PM

Session: 7

Topic: Economics III

Faculty Sponsors

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Chemistry I

Greener synthesis of peptoids with varying hydrophobic monomers for the formation of peptoid nano-sandwich

Speakers

Raquel Duenas

08:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Chemistry I

Faculty Sponsors

Ellen Robertson

Developing sequence design rules for peptoids capable of assembly into nano-sandwiches

Speakers

Sasha Stark

08:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Chemistry I

Faculty Sponsors

Ellen Robertson

Thermal Analysis of Gold-Containing Bilayer Peptoid Nanosheets

Speakers

C'Lannye James

09:10 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Chemistry I

Faculty Sponsors

Ellen Robertson

Catalytic Wittig Approach to the Piperacase Family of Natural Products

Speakers

Anthony Condemi

09:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Chemistry I

Faculty Sponsors

James Adrian

Robust synthesis of an array of amino acid-derived heteroaryl ketones as potential inhibitors for metacaspases found in S. commune

Speakers

Khai Thu Pham Shams Qureshi

09:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Chemistry I

Faculty Sponsors

Joanne Kehlbeck

Climate and Environmental Change

The Last Big Change: Holocene Deglaciation and Paleoclimate Reconstruction from High-Altitude Speleothems in the Peruvian Andes

Speakers

Xander Forsyth

08:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Climate and Environmental Change

Faculty Sponsors

David Gillikin Donald Rodbell Elizabeth Olson

Reconstructing the Penultimate Glaciation: Marine Isotope Stage 6 Record from Speleothems in the Peruvian Andes

Speakers

Melody Kappel

08:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Climate and Environmental Change

Faculty Sponsors

Donald Rodbell David Gillikin

Decoupling Local and Global Influences on South American Monsoon Dynamics During MIS 8/9: Insights from Peruvian Andes Stalagmites

Speakers

Gigi Rankin

09:10 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Climate and Environmental Change

Faculty Sponsors

Donald Rodbell David Gillikin

Isotope paleo-analysis of freshwater bivalves and implications on paleoenvironment bounding the K-Pg extinction

Speakers

Christopher Brandreth

09:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Climate and Environmental Change

Faculty Sponsors

Anouk Verheyden-Gillikin

The Effect of Elevation and Soil Moisture on Water Use Efficiency of Understory Plants

Speakers

Ishita Khambete

09:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Climate and Environmental Change

Faculty Sponsors

Melissa DeSiervo

Community-based Care of Vulnerable Populations

Maternal Health Matters at Hometown Health Centers: Resource Exploration and Analysis of OB Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure (OBSMBP) Program

Speakers

Marissa Gnitzcavich

08:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Community-based Care of Vulnerable Populations

Faculty Sponsors

Carol Weisse

Exploring End-of-Life Journeys of Hospice Patients with Neurodegenerative Diseases in Home Settings: Understanding Symptom Management and Caregiver Impact

Speakers

Hannah Casalena

08:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Community-based Care of Vulnerable Populations

Faculty Sponsors

Carol Weisse

Distinguishing End-of-Life Symptoms from Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome: Implications for Symptom Management and Medication Use

Speakers

Mridula Shanker

09:10 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Community-based Care of Vulnerable Populations

Faculty Sponsors

Carol Weisse

The Frequency and Severity of Hyperactive Delirium Among Home Hospice Care Patients During the Last Week of Life

Speakers

Jordan Whittier

09:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Community-based Care of Vulnerable Populations

Faculty Sponsors

Carol Weisse

Ecology, Environment Science & Policy

Does Forest Management have Unintended Consequences for Habitat Restoration?

Speakers

Andrew Mitchell

08:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Ecology, Environment Science & Policy

Faculty Sponsors

Jeff Corbin

Reframing the Unframable: Shifting Climate Discussions from 'Doom' to 'Bloom'

Speakers

Anthony Clement

08:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Ecology, Environment Science & Policy

Faculty Sponsors

Waste Colonialism: The Stream of Fashion Waste and Second-hand Clothing from the Global North to Global South

Speakers

Sophie Kilpatrick

09:10 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Ecology, Environment Science & Policy

Faculty Sponsors

The Evolution of Greenwashing: Analyzing Corporate Strategies and Their Impact on Environmental Policy and Public Discourse

Speakers

Isabella Conte

09:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Ecology, Environment Science & Policy

Faculty Sponsors

Bird Mortality from Window Collisions

Speakers

Daniela Aleman Perez

09:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Ecology, Environment Science & Policy

Faculty Sponsors

Jennifer Bishop

Economics I

Differential Pricing for Medical Procedures and its Impact on Patient Outcomes

Speakers

Sathvik Narayana

08:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Economics I

Faculty Sponsors

Mohit Arora

Impact of Wash Trading in the NFT Market

Speakers

Anna Nickman

08:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Economics I

Faculty Sponsors

From Policy to Practice: How Governance Quality Shapes the Equitable Distribution of Resources for Key Sectors

Speakers

Ananya Gupta

09:10 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Economics I

Faculty Sponsors

The Effect of Urban Green Spaces Within Highly Populated Urban Areas on the Prevalence of Obesity and Depression

Speakers

Grace Canepari

09:30 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Economics I

Faculty Sponsors

Caroline Abraham Ashraf Ghaly

Assessing Impact of Affordable Care Act Implementation on Routine Vaccination Rates

Speakers

Viraj Brahmbhatt

09:50 AM

Session: 1

Topic: Economics I

Faculty Sponsors

Caroline Abraham